Who invented kanji? The truth remains a mystery. Yet a legend from a neighboring land tells of an ancient sage named Cangjie ...

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"Bear" was chosen as the kanji character that most represents 2025, a decision largely prompted by numerous bear sightings ...

A ski resort here said it had received reports of bear sightings while a snowboarder described how one of the animals chased him on the piste.

The main reason this character was chosen as the top is that bear sightings and human injuries are at an all-time high. There ...

TOKYO: The character "kuma" – meaning bear in Japanese – was chosen as "kanji" of 2025 following a year defined by a surge in ...

Kyoto, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)--"Kuma," meaning bear, was picked Friday as the kanji character of the year in Japan, amid a series of wild bear attacks across the country. It was the first time that kuma ...

The kanji was written with a giant calligraphy brush on a roughly 1.5 meters high and 1.3 meters wide sheet of "washi," ...

KYOTO—The character for “kuma” (bear) is the kanji of the year, a not unexpected choice that narrowly edged out the character ...

The kanji character for “bear” has been selected as the Kanji of the Year, representing the social mood of 2025.At ...